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GARRETT â Kaden Fordeckâs hopes to win the DeKalb County Spelling Bee were briefly dashed when he omitted a vowel in âimpenetrableâ in the fourth round, leaving fifth-grader Chloe Hunt from McKenney-Harrison Elementary the only contestant still standing.
However, Hunt misspelled âinauguralâ in the championship round, giving Fordeck, a DeKalb Middle School sixth-grader, a second chance. He rejoined Hunt, seventh-grader Reagan Ioor from Eastside Junior-Senior High School and Audrey Mullins, a sixth-grade student from Garrett Middle School at center stage for three more rounds in the Garrett High School Performing Arts Center before correctly spelling âpunctualityâ to become the county champion. Ioor was runner-up, having incorrectly spelled âscrawnyâ in the eighth round.
James R. Watson died on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020 at the age of 84.
Jim had a life full of accomplishments. He was born in Graham, Texas where he grew up and attended Graham High School graduating with numerous football and track awards. Jim received a football scholarship from the University of Texas at Austin, where he played running back for the Longhorns.
He received his Bachelors of Business Administration degree in 1958, then attended the University of Texas law school, obtaining his Juris Doctor degree in 1961.
It was as an undergraduate at The University of Texas where Jim met his wife of 43 years and mother of his children, Linda Louise Zerbe. They were married on June 1, 1958, in Houston, Texas.